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Church History 4.17.7

Eusebius of Caesarea · Church History · ca. 300–325 · Caesarea · Read in context

Summary: Justin (quoted): she petitioned the emperor for time to settle her affairs before answering, and it was granted.

Greek text · Dindorf 4:166

καὶ ἡ μὲν βιβλί- “διόν σοι τῷ αὐτοκράτορι ἀναδέδωκε, πρότερον συγ- “ χωρηθῆναι αὐτῇ διοικήσασθαι τὰ ἑαυτῆς ἀξιοῦσα, ῾ ἔπειτα ἀπολογήσασθαι περὶ τοῦ κατηγορήματος μετὰ ‘τὴν τᾶν πραγμάτων αὐτῆς διοίκησιν. καὶ συνεχώ- “ρησας τοῦτο.

English · Claude translation

And she presented a petition to you, the emperor, asking that she be allowed first to set her affairs in order, and then to make her defence concerning the charge after the settlement of her affairs; and you granted this.

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Source
Dindorf 4:166 · Wilhelm Dindorf, ed., Eusebii Caesariensis Opera, vol. 4: Historiae ecclesiasticae libri I–X (Leipzig: Teubner, 1871) · Greek text: W. Dindorf, Eusebii Caesariensis Opera 4 (Leipzig: Teubner, 1871), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0
Text
As printed in Dindorf, Eusebii Opera 4. Manuscript variants and the editor's apparatus are not reproduced; no textual problem is noted in this passage.
Translation
Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Dindorf, Eusebii Caesariensis Opera 4 (Teubner, 1871); made independently of existing English translations.
Compare
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 1 (1890) (an older public-domain English translation, whole volume at CCEL; checked against ours only after ours was made)
Extrabiblical texts
  • Justin, 2 Apol. 2 (Second Apology) · quotation, high confidence

Notes

Translation notes

  • Quotation from Justin, 2 Apol. 2.8. The digital text repeats -διόν.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (repeated syllables in the digital text): βιβλί- “διόν διόν σοι → βιβλί- “διόν σοι.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 4.17.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/4/17/7/).

Plain text
Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 4.17.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/4/17/7/).

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